According to a UNDP representative, mangrove forests are referred to as "climate warriors," playing a particularly crucial role in protecting the environment and preserving a greener, more sustainable Vietnam.
Various programmes are being carried out in the Mekong Delta to grow mangrove forests to protect coastal areas and improve the incomes of local people.
Over 25,000 Vietnamese residents in seven coastal localities are now safeguarded by storm-and flood-resistant homes thanks to a project on improving resilience of vulnerable coastal communities to climate change in Vietnam.
Despite covering just about 200,000 hectares or 1.5% of the national forest area, mangrove forests are highly valued for their socio-economic and biodiversity conservation benefits. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has recognised them as a significant carbon sink, contributing substantially to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Singer Jisoo of Blackpink, one of the Republic of Korea’s most famous music bands, has recently donated all of the profits she has earned from her YouTube channel to charity organisation Save the Children that will use the money to develop mangrove forests in the Vietnamese southernmost province of Ca Mau, the Korean media reported.
Mangrove forests in Nghe An province’s Dien Chau district were planted in 1994 through projects sponsored by the Japanese Red Cross Society and the World Bank. In the decades since, these mangrove forests have acted as a green barrier, mitigating the impact of rising sea levels, erosion, and storms, and protected coastal embankments.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau, home to many mangrove forests and large colonies three-striped crabs, welcomed more than 1.16 million tourists in the first half of this year, up nearly 36.18% year-on-year, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on July 6.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will help build an additional 100 flood-resistant houses for poor households in the north-central coastal province of Thanh Hoa in the coming time, UN Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Kanni Wignaraja has said.
Three communes in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang will benefit from an Austria-funded project on strengthening climate resilience launched on June 6.
Professionalizing ecotourism activities at U Minh Thuong National biosphere in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is a focus to improve the park experience, with an array of innovative tourism products.
The Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve, home to a large number of water and migratory birds, is a typical rivermouth wetland ecosystem in the north of Vietnam.
The Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve, home to a large number of water and migratory birds, is a typical rivermouth wetland ecosystem in the north of Vietnam.
A recently-launched travel tour to Can Gio is viewed as a way to honour medical workers, and a pilot programme which aims to help the tourism sector in Ho Chi Minh City at large and the southern hub’s Can Gio district in particular gradually recover.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is encouraging farmers to breed shrimp in mangrove forests as the practice offers sustainable incomes and helps to maintain the province's forest coverage.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has been investing in recovering local mangrove forests, improving the livelihoods of coastal residents, combating coastal erosion, and protecting the environment.
Breeding aquatic species in mangrove forests in Kien Giang province’s An Bien and An Minh districts has increased the income of households that have been allocated forestland.
A ceremony was held to launch a mangrove afforestation campaign in some provinces in the Mekong Delta on July 20 by the Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Ca Mau provincial People’s Committee.
